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  • Publication | 2022

G5 Sahel Region Country Climate and Development Report

Global Food and Nutrition Security

The five countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger (the G5) in the Sahel region of Africa are among the least developed countries in the world. The region is currently facing multiple crises and challenges as it continues its fragile recovery from the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: increased political instability, rising insecurity, and a growing food security crisis that is now being exacerbated by elevated global energy and food prices due to the war in Ukraine. The now regular and growing climate shocks are causing large losses in outputs, reducing human capital accumulation, and leading to potentially devastating ecological and economic tipping points in the region.

This World Bank Country Climate Development Report (CCDR) has examined the most critical actions and policy changes needed to accelerate the region's economic recovery, sustainable and inclusive
development, and adaptation to the impacts of climate change.

The report makes policy recommendations in the following areas:

  1. Increasing Institutional Capacities

  2. Increasing Financing for Climate Action and Managing Climate Risks

  3. Energy access and clean cooking

  4. Landscapes

  5. Cities

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